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providing for tb~ : billty insurance be- The announcement last Wednesday I !d to take a car out evening that H . J. Neitert had an~

~cted the proposed swered the 'final call, was rece.ived ing wltb opposition with Yarylng emotions in Walker. another, one ot the ats agalnat It 80 far Mr. N~ltert came to Walker in No-being that the man \-ember, 1841l and ever s ince that

ance wlll be mor\! time. or up to the time when blo,; )re, the Idea lor 'th•l health_ began to tall he was a pOW <!I'ngly · befilg that be- ful factor In the development of lhJ 1tec!ted blB neighbor mage and himself t<Jwn and surrounding comm,unltr. .nylng Insurance h·.l I and for many years be was an aclous to commit sql- knowledged leader In the t:epubllcan

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1g that and Incident progressive turn or mind and a highlY nothing of endan- lr strung nervous dl&posltion, Mr. J( the occupa~ts. A.-1 Neitert was eminently a builder, ar · one has proposed his achievements amply show. Jllrs. cldent bas occurr~d Neiter~ died in F-ebruary, 1926. The fault not be respon- funeral will be held Saturday mor•l-•se.- taken froo ing at 10 o'clock from the Methodist be Jwed to again churcli, under dlr~ctlou or Rob Morime as a satisfacto- rls Lodge No. 500 A. -9'· & A. M.

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Henry John Neltert was born March 12, 18•8, at Dayton, Oh!u, died January 26, 1-927, a·!>ed 7 8 yr-&,

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t<'n oounty, Iowa, In 1864. He worK being made at D~s ed on the farm, drat In Clayton coun

•l the present statu;> ty, then 1-n Delaware co~nty from 1\"ay commtesSon. A~ the tlme be WQ.B thirteen years old 1tttted . membtrs or untll he was tw~ty-one. He is ol re appointed by tbc German anci on tbe ;auhlman side o!. tnfrodqet>d, bacll~j Hoiland descent. He attended first

Jrll, among wbom Is the German · and .then the public entatlvee trom Lh\n schools at Oarnivlllo, and lat.t>r fe,· tbat proposes to taught ·sc.'hool tor awhile.

:·ecmm!Rslon from His busineBS training was begun

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To 8E O UT HvSTlttJ' FOR ~ASH AN' +IOMitJ ' '(ou'Re JViT Llt<E A LOT OF ,OTHE~ LA"l.Y. ~S --roo ~~N5J> VJILLI ~o~tr- To oSE' AWY OL'P '(OO <!.4~ LA'( AitOUND "li4' ~OOS'E' Aw'~E~'FR<

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) -use a.s ~ dub ln !Walker, November H, 1 878,· where No. 49, Royal Arch Masons, Ancient .ent of' auto b tle be bas since r esided. He started In and Accepted Scottish Rite or Freeferent counties a the mercantile business with J . R. masonry, 110uthcrn juriRdictlon, Iowa

• • QUAHQU.t<.n'ON NEWH 1 to give the stat\! I chell as a. partner. They owned Consistory No. 2, }'.;lKahir Tcrupl•' ion absolute control

1 and operated n numbe1' or cream- Cedar Rapids Lod~;c No 251, D.P. 0. Mr. and Mrs. Arcll F'r~ehern

y em of roads. j ~r!es remaining .fn this business un· E. Independent Order of Odd Fel- C~dar Rapids visitors. last Mon t.. details of t he til 1918. I n this connection Mr. lc..ws of Walk.llr Lodge No. 458. J\lr. A large crowd attended then

loubtedly It carrlt>tlj Neitert did some public service. H P.. Neltert was a mau that wn.s true to l in Dlddl~ger hall last TutlsdR.) . ture~. and wblle It I was president of t he State Dairy as-,1 agre~ment and flrends, faithful and I There was a dance In BI)J :e bringing the ron•i scclatlon ln 18!l 5 and 189G aild wn11 untiring I ~Ia et'i'orta to dlachar:;e hall lust Thursday nlgbt. 0 the people It will ;'the recognl~od representative . ot the 1~t.he duUee: f 11-ft In juatlcP. and u;s-' Quasqueton baek~tba.'l.f girl tbe»end to Increase

1ctalry lntere!Cls wll.lle I~ the leglalu- tlghtn~~.o . boyi played ·the .~~wle Kll'l

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1g~~~ ~~:·~:a:~ ~.:ct~~a~;c";'~~~~~S~~ l;•:d .,~~·~'G'"'a~~, ;;~ J ~~·t;;i·~·~··;~ ·hl~ ~-~~;t~-·t~ - · di~~hllr;;ll l hal_l .. i~s~ Th~r;d~;··~lgb~. Peo~~m 1 t!1 ~ recognized representative or the ' the dutlee'lO! ll rt In ju stlc·~ and ut•- ~ Quasqueton basketball girls and

Jd to 1ocrease i dturr intere!'ts wh.ile In the leglsla- rlghtn~~BBD boys played ·the Rowley . slrle ·. an•l 11g of an ~n- 1.tur~. H~ ·took char~,~! t~e .b!!~s .. y ... . ~ ·'' .. : .. ,.· ,_ .. ,..n: !'""::"f'b-.Y(~~~~~~~ ·: i .. · , . . ,; .!'~< ).t~r. 't.~e .t.s:n.-.o~~X.~~~·R .. ~~~d,alw,:. h~·· :~ ~11m ... : . . ... ~AN·~.,~te~ ~· . '1 S7 ro :-~6"'ti~.fi¥&r'''cf';ffie; Qu~sq~etot e'rii~n .:(t~·o . ftn~rE!'Ht8 .W~I\!~lO'cre an seebred. the ' . . ~ol Jchersan, Pastor. I girls .a'nd the Ro'wley boys won. . .

· . ' ~cactment ot some n ceaaary ·and A ch not a hospital, though I Q · ""' · t' b k ·tb 11 t · 1 ~ emerged · . · .. · 1 • oasqu..,..on own as e a ea•r

· 1 beneficia l legislation, among which It mfnl at<' ,. o the spiritual sick anJ 1 d h b Q :ea.__ .. loull na- ' was the- law providing !or the publl- moral a \l:S'C ca. l P aye t e Jesup oys at uasque· 1akt> a speak- I ·· . · '\q} , ton Saturday night. . <-A tlon of the StAte D.a~ry association A churt-1. Is not a gyn10asfum, prJ-. Ai~ee is an proceedings as a state document !o1· marily to 1']evelop ethical muscle. J Quite a · number . of child ren h . d phenom~nal the benefit and Information of the · A chur~~ Is not a cold storage town are having the measles. s and was of 'j JJUbllc. plant, to kct'p a few saints from spoil- Curt Carson and wl!~ of Troy Mlll ~

wou ld be a Mr. Neitert was pr.-sldent or th·~ ln"g. spent Saturday night at Ralph Schu· saw tit to ap- National Creamery and ButtP.r manu- A church is not an Institution to man's. ' tches saY that · d 1 1 d. 1 .. r . . u '£<' · 1 d if d facturln g -an a 1 e n.tPr<·st!l 01. outrival neighboring plants in ap- . , enry ues11 ey an w e o.n P a crowd of H · ; d ht • S t d . I ht " • t he years 1896-7. e was electr.d polntmenta: m embers on the roll, aug er spen. a ur ay n g an .. 1rlous enou'·n · · L S d t Alb t F I ' "' . to the legislature In 18 9 3 and re-~ choirs and ulowing of whistles. · un ay a er ueas ey s . · .~n and!enc~. ~ elected In 1896 and 1897, aervln~.; A church is not a. club, to give a George Garr},oon's house on th ~ nols has be~n ' thru the extra. session of the twPn tY- j little r eligious polish to It s compla~ fa rm west _of town one mlle caught senate of the sixth· and twency-seventh gener~l as- , cent mem·bers. fire Sunday mo;;pJog ani.! burned ~P use· of any ir·· · semblles and having a prominent l A church IS an Inspiration point the groun~. '.· with the an- part In the revising of the Iowa. to workers, to parents, to t eachers, I Mrs. Long talked to the p~ople at

:r.ount of t!~.~ 1 code; he wa.' an Influential rnembPr l to business men, to mechanics. the Drfck church Sunday morning. rlbuted In th ~! of the committee on appropriations i A church exists to he lp people •o Mrs. Ira Stout! has been quite slclt

1st year. Tho:: and other committees. He was LIVE! It must have a clear, straight, the past week w'th measles south ot :e itself. we chairmd:n o! the special commfttcu ! vital message. It must not live for 1 town. 1 time with Ita that .had charge of the board . itself, b.ut must lose Its Ute 1n aer- 1 Mr. Hilmer wu quite sick 8atu1 ·estlgatfons of

1 of <-ontrol bill In tho session': vice. It must place the "Child" In the : day night. .

;r, the senate , ot 189 8 and . took It thru without ' midst and serve the community. It 1 Will Ball baa a new ra.dfo. !gatlon of nl!- 1 amendment or loss of time, conduct- · must be friendly, democratic, bosplt- j Ralph Schuman ~~ qui.te ~ick at tblf .tion . - . lng the bill Raf~ly around the parlin- able, missionary, enthusiastic. Above .I writing.

. I mentary shoals that tlfr~atened lt. 1 all, It must r epN!sent the spirit or : Norval Berm~~~' returned . home who shot an1 1 In 1885 there was a demand for :1. the Master, who went about doing Friday fr? m Ralph Schuman's . • Texas, aa be j bank ~t Walker and bo organized good. · I Mr. Jones Ia on the sick llst. !,

1 een ad- j the Exchange ~tate Bank, which be

1 Will you help to reallze tbi& ob- I Elmer Fay and' wl!e of Water lot

. tl •• 1UI'Y that !conducted as a private instltutlo_n jectlve? · l·camP Sunday tq_ see Ralph Schuman ct .tbat Jacks a I until 190 8, when It was incorporatct\ ; Sunday School at 10 a. m. Classes I wbo Js sick. • .roval ot tho~ . In the present Exchange State Bank, tor all ages. . ng the ca~e, a ! of which he continued to be ,presl- Morning Hour of Worship at 11. . EAST PRAIRIE . c the prea.cbe: : dent until a cou;-.le or years ago. Mr. ; Christian Endeavor at the Me.n'le J Mr: and Mrs. HI~I'Y MflJer were :1 I me be killed

1 Neltert married tlrst, Carrie House:- at 6 : 30 p . m. j Indep~ndence SatftMa;-: atternoon.

1 o! Earlville. Towa, February 20; 1872 . Thi~ church. In the name- of the J 1~. F. 'Schuman . . baa r ented th• Nisconsln • uni- . To this union two children were Mnster. opens wide its doors and bids F ra.nJ<lln · Blankenlfurg ~~-~m. ide, because hG. born, Will J., at Cedar Falls and Ma- you ··wELCOME." . . J . Mrs. Tom Holman:qf, Independenc• , out what wa,; 1 bel .at Earlvflle, both or whom arC!

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. was· a ":eek end vls(tor Jn the hom• has no.t been; dece·a.sed. Mr. Neltert married fur SCHOOL NOTES . :· .~r Mr. and Mrs. Ira Stout. . .

wha\ he round j his second wife, Anna Eliza Wilde c..t' j Walk er H. s._ dr.oppe<J both SfUll£1'1! Rlc~ard Ironside is v.'~iUng a.mori1 · ,Troy .MII!s, May 4, 1 881. Two child· o! a double h~ader fo · Alburnett oli. l relatives In this vicinity. • · · ·.

lr en, Roscoe H. and ~r.trude E ., now ;·Friday evening at Albnrn~t~, tbe.gfrls : Mr; and Mrs.' Loul.e . ~Ia. n'k vlsltec •INGLINGS. 1ttrs. Theo. 'W_· Hawkinson, were born losing by 11 score or 13 to ~ tUlc! the at Lawrence Browns ·. In W lnthro: .1even Rlnglfno; to them. boys by a score of 20 to 1.9 'In an I Friday. .........,.J.. · the famous c:l>'" Mr. NPitert was confirm-ad In the overtime game. The score was tled af Mr. and Mrs. Elmer ~Haas wer .>re than half 'li "J"'rman Evangel!cal Luth~ra•1 t he end of the game and in the our- Sunday visitors ln the home of thei ug boys put :ln church in 1861 at . Ga r nlvillo an:l time period a foul waa called .. ou ('!on, Amon Gla811, and ~.}fe .. in . Quu hoolhouse near joined the M~tbodist church at Wal- Walker, which 'a llowed a · free throw ; QUeton. .. .., · . _,· ·, . . / ·ave other per- 1 'kr~ In 11!90 and or which as long as for Alburnett. 1iJbur·nett made the I Don't forget- the ~lng~a Daughy ; cOmJDUnltle-3,1l1P.altb pj!rmltt('d was a liberal sup- free throw and won the game. Fouls meeting February 2, at : Mrs. I b<l performers ;:orter .and _regular att('ndant. HY. called on Walke r 7, on ·Alburnett ;J • . f:lpalght'a. ·. .. . - '\ . ~ :."'-- •. wagons. P'rom 1,1110. ll~ . .rally liJ~ ed colege .. Y: M. C. Walker R. s. meets Urbano. on the l Mr. and' ~r~ Lou!~· .. :~~k. :.wer

nted. entef1.a4n- ·A,. "t .. W . C. A. and charitable organ home floor Friday. January 28. i·Sunday vleito~s in tbe,-~~~e ~~t: Jes 1 lias dellgbtt:d : 1r.at1ons. Mr . . ~~ftert became a Mns- Arthur Kubn entered tlic 8th gra.d~ Cntt near Indepenc;fe~.•: ~ ... 1.: -~ .. to,. ~.,0 gl!ne~r , tt>r Jila.son Au$!'tlst 6, ' 1 8711, at Earl- recently. · The w .alker News ma . ·~~Ia~·

tol . : I v11J~ ,fr_om ~hl~h 'lodge be to~k a dP.- Miss ;Black was a~sent trom sco~l jln ~aat week's ia~~ue:_._.~ ~} .. ~, . Mr~ __ : . .•. ,m_ft, a~uapng ,with Vfenna . LOdge at Mon~ay and Tuesd:~oy or this week on l Amon Glass were at .. ~'I;7-~:J41:!_1er . e t~ber, ;''u,.n Center Pomt ·and on the organizat1o11 a:cconnt of slck.ness. -and Mr. e.nd Mrs. ~~-~Ji!&nb.et{ elioulcl: ~''' or Rob Morris Lodge No. ,s·oo· a~ Wal- . __ .. . ·--·-- · 1 er'e. were at Fred .~t~.; ·.~s~C. . etrortis?" "YeB, ker,· became· a charter member. H :> • A BIG. Bli:LL' · afternoon; . . . :~ ·:.:-t..f' : • :.-:··,i..,: .. ;. It's b(ie&o.e we w~• a member of Walker Chapter 0 . A 17 ~ ton h~"ll. tl1a llttP,'P~t Pv,•r / Mr. aud Mr1L L. K. ~ Ni . · 16 alarili '.alOck 11. i. 'No: 'ss, · · Apollo : ~m.nndArr. :• .. ;t. h~ . ~~ ~~~~. ~nd, w·ll~ to!' tlt 'i' ·w ... n~-. 1 Marion,' ~t ·. ~fat_11ro9,· . .'!~~ . . .

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354 PROGRESSI\'.E ld:Elli OF I OWA.

coming west tn \[i :;~ Lydia Swi it. a win~ .. m~.: gi rl of se,·enteen years. whl), like her hu,band. was musical \y incl ined. T ha t their business education J{a:; not been sacrificed t• •

the:r musical learni ng is shown hy the tart that they no w o wn and operate t.Hte t) f th t: largest ancl most prosperous mercantil e cnn·· cerns to be found outside of the larger citi6 in the state. The,· h;H·e live children. the oldest being twent~: years o f age. and all are apt in music. Their home somewhat resembl es a music st t.) re. in tha t it contain-; about everv kind t) i instrument from wlt id 1 music can i?e pmduce<.l . In politics :'llr. ~I ii lard is a republican. and has held such loca l offices as his business would permit. He i .... known throug·ho)\lt the state as a chu rch a11• ! Sunday schuol worker. and ho lds a liccn , t: as local preacher in the :\1. E. church. .til' speaks the India n lang uage tluently ancl in 1887 attended the Seni Om Sed demo n:.tr:tt ion at Des :\Ioines in charge uf twenty-fi,·e Sac and F o x Ind ians. [n the spring o i 1~96 he brought t 11 enty o f this tribe to Des :\loines to take part in the semi-centenni;:d celebration, and in Octnher took part in the s tate semi-centennial celebration in Burlington.

~IETERT . H t::-\ !-t \ ' J. . who has earned success as a IJanker. :.:reameryman and leg islator, li,·es in \\ 'alker. Linn County, l o\\·a. and is now engaged in the banking business in that town. H e c .. mes fro m good German s tock and ha~ made his <> wn way in the wo rld, taking ih ha rd knock s alo ng "·ith the p leasures o f liic. a nd t1inching frulll ll• )thing that 1ra:-: his dtlt\'. I fis fa ther. }<Jlllt H. ~ ietert. was :1 c~ .mractil;g ca rpenter and millwright, ,,·h·• wa,; bo rn in Germany and came to :\rnerica when he was fiiteen years old. He settled in Ohiu and was married in Dayton. Ohio. in t8-t-t. to ::'lfiss Caroline E. Buhlman, who d ied in 1863. She was born in Germany in 1821 and ca,me to America at the age o f nine years. She was a few m onths younger than her husband. Henry ]. 1\'eitert was horn in Dayto n, Ohio, March 12, 1848. The family mo•·ed to Clayton County. Towa, in 1854. and tv[ r. 1'-:ietert engaged in the grain and prod uce business in Clayton City. He afte rwa rd conducted a

hotel in GarnaYillo, and engaged in farming in Clayton and Delaware coumies. In 1875 be retired from active lmsines . .; and re-1110\·ed to \Valkcr, Linn co unty. "·here he died in 1882, while holding the oft1c.:e <•i postmaster. Henry J. at tended the common ~choo ls when he was a boy, but at an early age went into active business fo r hi mself. He wo rked with his father o n rite iarm in Clay ton county from the time he ,,·as th irteen years old till he was twenty-one. H is business training was hegun in a sto re in Delaware coun ty. He after\\·arcl ownet.l a ~tore o i his own in Earh·ille. with partners

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ll'hu taught him his first lesson in adversi ty by loading :\Ir. Xietert with heavy debts unknown to hi m, which he had to pay. His next move was to \Valker, where he has remained ever since. He started in the mercantile bus iness with J. R. Gitchell as a partner, but when there was a demand for a bank, he o rganized the Exchattge Bank, of which he is the principal owner, and which now takes nearly all of his time. For a time he. with his partner, J. R. Gitchell, owned and operated several creameries, and he is stil l interested in the busi11ess in his town. In this connection .\ Lr. ,i\; ietert has done some val uable public serv ice. He was pres-


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icl ent of the State Dairy Association in 1895 and I 896 and was the recognized representative of the dairy interests whi le in the legislatttre. He took charge of the bills for the improvement of the dairy ]a.,.vs and secured the enactment of some very necessary and beneficial legislation, the law providing for the publication of the proceedings of the Sta te Dairy Association as a state document for the information of the puhlic. Mr. Nietert was elected to the legislature in 1893 and re-elected in 1895 and 1897, serving through the extra session of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly·and having a prominent part in the revision of the code. He was chairlllan of the house committee on banks and banking in the Twenty-sixth and Twenty<;e venth General Assemblies, and was an infl uential member of the committee on appropriations and other committees. He was chai rman of the special committee tha t had charge of the board of control bill in the house in the session of 1898. and took it through without amend1~1ent or loss of time, conducting the bill safely around the parliamentary shoals that threatened it. Mr. Nietert was one of the leading candidates for speaker in 1898, but was compelled to abandon the field on account of the critical illness of his oldest son, going to South Carolina with him in the hope of bettering his -condition, but without success, for the young man died January 29, 1898, leaving a young wife. He was his father's mainstay in business ; was cashier of the bank and actively engaged in assisting his father in business since he was eighteen years old. It was a heavy blow to lVIr. 1\ietert, but it was softened by the sympathy of friends, a large committee of members of the house attending the funeral. l\Ir. Xietert was married in February, 1872, to Miss Carrie H ouser, at Earlville, Iowa, and two children were born to them, the son. \Viii ]., born December 5, 1872, in Cedar Falls, and a daughter, born at Earlville, Iowa, in December, 1874, who died in inf.ancy. l'vlr. · Nietert was married a second time, May 4, 1882. to .Miss Anna E. Wilde, of Troy Mills, Linn County, Iowa. They have two children, Roscoe H., born July IS, 1886, and Gertrude E., born July 18, 1888.

Mr. Nietert has ne,·er heen afraid to stand

up for what he believes and has always been ahle to give good reasons for his actions. H e won the respect of the members of the house by his straightforward manner of doing business. They always knevv where to find him and he was always true to his agreements and to his friends. Such a man wears well in politics. Mr. Nietert will therefore be heard from in the future, because he is a man \Vho can be depended upon.

NEWBOLD. JosH UA GIDDINGS, four times elected tn the general assembly, made temporary SFeaker at a critical time, honored

bv an election to the office of lientenantg~Yernor, and sen·ing nearly two years as governor. sen·es to make a man a part of the history of the state. Such honor belongs to Joshua G. Newbold of Mt. Pleasant. He is a nati\·e of Pennsylvania, and his ancestors were Friends or Quakers. He first saw the light in. Fayette county on May 1 2 , 1830, and the first eight years of his life were spent on the farm. His father, Barzilla Newbold, owned a mill in connection with the farm, but in order to secure better school advantages for his children, removed to Westmoreland county, and there Joshua G. acquired ' his education in most part in the pub-


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un the old IH>nlCStead; \\"illianl n .. a den

tist, of ·Anamosa, Io\\'a; Jesse. a ranner. cof

l\larion tO\mship; Hannah : \., \rife .. r .J. :\l. Fields, nf Stnnc City. lo\\·a; . \g-nr~ r·: .. wife

of T. C. F ields, of \\'ashing:L"Il t'll tlllly.

Kansas; ami E lla, "·ifc n[ \\'illiam r\;rrrett.

a fanner of Albmnett, Linn county. They lost one daughter, Jennie; who married J. A. Hart, of this ccnmty. and died. lc;t,·ing

one child. In early life l\Ir. l'car~CJn ::-npp•,rtcd the

\Vhig pa·r ty and cast his lirst presidential

rote for General \\'infield Sc•,tt. hnt in 1K;;C' he vote<l fo r John C. Frcmnnt. and has s ince al'liliatcd with lite 1\l·pttl•lir:ut party. His fello\r-ritizcn:<. rerogn ir.i11g: hi~ '""rl h and ability, ha,·c c;tllcd np"n hin1 !11 till ~ertral positi .. ns u[ hn11cor and lnt.'l. lht' duties

of which he most capably di~rharged. lie sen·ed as tc)\rnship trustee sen:rai tenn~, justice of the peace ah;1nt ~en:ntee11 year~ ancl

as a memhrr of the sch,,l '" •a n I and srltc JCJI treasurer for some time. During his entire 1·esidence here he has been actirely identi

fied w ith the welhrre of his cnmnnmity and

is one of its most public-spirited and enter

prising citize:ts.

11 P:~lZ\" J. :\ lETEI\.T.

Among the most pr"gressi,·e am! enter

prising business men q£ the northern part of

the countJ is Henry J. N ietert, a well-known

banker o} Walker. lie \\·as horn in Daytun, Ohio, r.r arch J 2. I ~..J.R. and is a son of J ohn H. and Caroline ( 1 \uhhu;tn) N ictert,

hoth nati,·es of Germany. The father came

to America in 1836, at the age of fifteen years, the mother in J ~30, at the age o{ ten,

;111cl they "·ere married in Dayton, Ohio,

fr., tn \rhich place they removed to Clayt~n ccnully, lo\\'a, in 1854. By trade the father ,,·a~ a rarpenter and millwright, but at that

plare he engaget! in the prouuce business for · aho\lt t\\'o years, and then conducted a hotel.

at (~arn~l\·i llo for three years. He then re

mo,·ed to._Clear Creek, Colorado, but in 1861

rl'tmnetl_ to Claytp,n county, Iowa, and in J l)(i..j. catiJe to Del a \yare county where he was

cng-agerl in farming until 1875, when he r<1111e to Linn county, locating in \Valker in

J /-(/(', where he Ji,·etl a retired life unti! his

cleath, which occurred in 188r, when he was ..,. s i:-:ty-1111e years .of ag-e. lie se1Tcd as posttna~t~:r of that place \11\tl cr l'resi<icnt Haye~.

J I i ~ \\·i fe died in 1 R(1,1. They had eight rhildren hut unly three arc nnw li,·ing-.

Henry J. Nietert is indebted to the pub

lic schools of this state foT his early edu

catinnal privileges. He remained at home until attaining his majority ancl then en

gaged in clerking in a store at idanchester

and other places until 1873, when he em

harked in business for himself at Delaware

Center, ·remainiug there about a year and a haJf. He next \\'ent to Earlville, where

he carri~cl on husine~s under the firm name .,f Deily, Nei l-crt & Co. unlil 1875, when he disposed of his interest in th~ store, and fo r

about a yea:r '"as employed as a traveling ~a l c~man for a ])uhuque house. l'or twu

years he was in the agTicultural business at

Earh'ille for E. Healy & Co., of Manches

ter, and then became manager of a store of

g-eneral merchandise at Alta, l o\\'a. On the 12lh of l'ebruary, 1872, Mr. Nie

tert married 1\Ii~s Carrie Hauser, a native

nf Pennsyh·ania. and to them were barn two

chi ldren: "iilliam J., who died in January. 1898, and a daughter who died in in

fancy. ~Ir. ~ietert was again married

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May 4, 1881, his sec,ond untun being \\'ith Miss Anna E. Wilde, a nati,·e of Illinuis and a daughter o f Edmontl Wilde. L' tttu them were also horn t\\' t> children, Roswe and Gertrude E.

1 n 1878 Mr. N ictert came to \\' ;t\ker and was engaged in mercantile business here under the firm name o f J. R . Gitchel l & Co. fo r about six years. They ;d~"

carried on the creamery husiness togethlr for eight years, and om suhject is still interested in that enterprise. On the 12th of March, r885, he opened the Exchange Bank, of \\'hich he is pn:sident, while h is brother Charles 1 T. sern:s as cashier. He is one of the ah\est financiers in this pa·rc o f the coun ty, am\ in his banking business has met with excellent succe:>s. Although he started Out in li rc for him . ..:d f with no capital, he has, thr~~ug-h his 11\1' 11

well-directed and energetic effvrts, acquired ~. iair competence, and owns c~nsiderable property, including a fine iann c~f t \\'O hund red acres near Walker. In 1890 he erectcu an excellent business block in the ,·illagc, the lower floor of which he uses as his bank, and the hall above is the meeting place for the different secret societies o f \ Vnlker.

Mr. N~tert is a memher of the Dine L odge o( the Masonic order at that plnce, and also belongs to the chnpter, command et·f and temple o f the J\ lystic Shrine at 'Cedar Rapicls. As a Hepnhlican he take~ quite an active and Jirominl!nt part in political affairs, and in 1893, r!:>95 and 1897 11·as elected to the state legislatme. During his senmd and third term he was rliainnan .. r the committee on hanks and han king. 1J c is at present sen·ing as mayor of \Valker, to which pol' ition he \ras elected in 1900.

He is one of the most influential and pnpular men of the comnHmity, and ne,·e-r \\'ere the

reins of city g-o1·ermnent in m:1re capable hands, ftJ r he i ~ prc-eminentiy public spirited and J ll'l•gre ~:; i,·c.

HO~. JOH~ P. CARBE E.

F .. r 111 :1 11 ~· )"l':tr~ this g-cntlclll:nt \\'as une .,j the nl~>~l JII 'Jlnlar and dis tinguished dtiz~ns v i f~r<'J\\' 11 t llll' lbh ip, and 11·as prominently idcntilied \l'ith the de,·elupment and pnJspcrity o f the county until death claime1l

him un the 25th of October, 1893· Tie \\'<IS

hom in Crair.Hl •;uunty, ~e11· Hampshire, ;\ Jay 3, 1t:i2 ,3 , a stHI n f Jnhn H. and Anna t l'o11·crs) Carbee, both of II' hom were nati,·es of Nell'bury, Vermont. His paternal ancestors \\'l!re M ig-inally frcJm F rance and 1\'crc :Jillllllg' the piu11eers of Ne\1' Eng-land. His father, 11·h:J \\'as a farmer by •Jec.:upation, spent the last years of his life near JJath, G ra fton county, New Hampshire.

John P. C:u·hee ;'lcquired his early education in the common schools of his native· county and remained upon the home fann until Teaching man's estate. Coming west in 1850, he decided to locate in Linn county, Iowa, and entered a tract of tii'O hundred and forty acres o f land on sections 5 and 8, Jlrown township, where his fami ly now r eside He at once turned his attention to the impro,·etnent and de1·elnpmcnt o f this far111, and bui lt thereon a small frame

house, "·hich \\'as his home for a number of yc;rrs, hut \Yas later replaced hy a large, ~~~·a t a Jld ~~~h~t; 111t ial rcsirh:ncc. T 11 r 85o he bu ilt a large ham, \\'hich still has the appearance 11t being a recent structme. I n Cllllllectinn with the ''JICration of his lane\ , l\ lr. (:ll'hte abo engagcd in 'raising tho r

oughbred short h• •I'll ra ttle, aiH.l was ac-


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Name: Henry J Nietcrt

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Birthplace: Ohio

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Spou~e·s namt>: Anna E Nietcrt

Home in 1910: Grant, Li.nn, Iowa

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Household Name Members: Hcnn J Ni,·tcrt

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